'Slumdog Millionaire' & 'Wall-E' & 'Milk'

Saturday the day before the Academy Awards, I had the opportunity to watch all five best picture nominees in a row.

It was the first time ever that I had seen all the nominees before the awards and it was a pretty crazy day because I didn't think I could stand 14 straight hours of movie watching.

In addition, Sunday, I had the opportunity to see the animated film "Wall-E." I had a very busy weekend. Anyway, I'm placing these three films on the 1,001 films I should see before I die because there probably won't be an updated list for another two years or so.

So with the Academy Awards in mind, I present another set of honors that may or may not have anything to do with these films:

Most Overrated
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Too long. The plot was inconsistent and pretty dumb. It's basically a "Forrest Gump" for the Gen Y. Brad Pitt isn't very good. Plus, he's not even in the film for 65 percent of the film, which meandered hither and thither. Cate Blanchett is hot. It's a good thing she didn't age until she was 80.

Biggest Surprise
Frost/Nixon
Thought it would be drier. It was funny and beyond interesting. The chemistry between Michael Sheen and Frank Langella was captivating.

Best 45 Seconds
Frost/Nixon
Near the end of the final interview in "Frost/Nixon" when Frost corners Nixon on apologizing to the American public. Just an intense half minute.

Hottest Babe
Kate Winslet
All apologies to the cutie from "Slumdog," Blanchett, the white robot from "Wall-E" and the chick from "Frost/Nixon," Winslet is soooo doable.

Best Chemistry
Sean Penn-Josh Brolin
Penn deserves whatever awards or kudos you want to heap on him. The scenes between him and Brolin are fantastic. There's a ton that's unsaid that makes the film.

Best Supporting Cast
"Milk"
"Frost/Nixon" brings it with Oliver Platt and Sam Rockwell. But it's hard to beat a motivated Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, James Franco and a handful of other actors (including the blonde kid from "High School Musical") that absolutely make this film.

Best Suicide By Hanging
Kate Winslet
It took 40 years, but she finally understood that killing 300 Jews in the Holocaust wasn't cool. By the way, the other hanging was Diego Luna's character in "Milk." At the time, Harvey Milk and Luna's character were gay lovers. Luna's character kills himself in Milk's apartment right as he was becoming a high flyer in city and state politics. How does that not become a tabloid news story destorying Milk's political career?